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a) The Wiki explains most features properly and even with out of date screenshots, I never had problems to follow the instructions.

b) Blender has limited resources like any other OSS project. I'd rather have them spend their resources on development instead of documentation.

Originally Posted by yogi_berra

If Autodesk did that with Maya, Max, and Softimage they wouldn't be in business. What makes the Blender Foundation special?

Just because something is free is no reason to accept sub-standard documentation.

Oh yes it is. If you get something free of charge you can choose not to use it, but demanding features or proper documentation is ridiculous. If you don't like the package, you are free to spend some money on the commercial alternatives. On the other hand you could also help improve Blender's documentation and actually learn something in the process. There is no better way in learning a new tool than by writing documentation and explaining the features to others.

a) The Wiki explains most features properly and even with out of date screenshots, I never had problems to follow the instructions.

b) Blender has limited resources like any other OSS project. I'd rather have them spend their resources on development instead of documentation.

a) no it doesn't.

b) The Blender Foundation has money left over after paying the wages of several full time developers. The entire "They are poor volunteers" schtick is complete and utter bullshit.

Oh yes it is. If you get something free of charge you can choose not to use it, but demanding features or proper documentation is ridiculous. If you don't like the package, you are free to spend some money on the commercial alternatives. On the other hand you could also help improve Blender's documentation and actually learn something in the process. There is no better way in learning a new tool than by writing documentation and explaining the features to others.

Thank you for assuming that I am unfamiliar with blender and don't know how to use it, moron.